Mercurium
Johanne Smithe (a.k.a. Mercurium/The Last Breath)
Physical Description
General Physical Condition
Her body is half covered with burn scars from the flames of Scorchfront. Otherwise her appearance is pretty plain.
Mental characteristics
Personal history
15 years ago Mercurium woke in the burning ruins of Scorchfront in a body that was not their own. The body's name made itself known to her as Johanne Smithe but she knew her own to be Mercurium. The body remembers that it feels guilt for its own death. She knows they called in the Mage Hunters for a 'threat' that was actually just jealousy and revenge for a perceived slight. The body clings to this guild which lead Mercurium to them.
Mercurium made her way to the city, Edjudence and found acceptance in the Assassin's Guild. Her skill and subtlety raised her to Point quickly, and her calm, calculating nature elevated her to Right Hand Blade soon after that.
Upon the joining of the guild with the Crown, Mercurium, as a blade, was responsible for gathering and turning over any mages in her ranks, even having to silence some herself. The body feels immense guilt about it after its previous actions and hopes that Mercurium will one day get the chance to destroy those that enforced it. She will be ready to request any contract put on a Mage Hunter, serving or not.
Mercurium is upholding a minor romance with a young Mage Hunter trainee in order to gain some insight into their ranks.
Over her years in the city, her work has been followed by a masochistic commoner who desires nothing more than to die by the hand of the Last Breath. They keep filing contracts with such a request to the guild but they can neither afford her services nor are they deemed worthy of the guild's time. The guild can't really do anything about it since killing them would be giving them what they want for free so Mercurium just weathers the requests and turns them down time and time again.
Gender Identity
The body knows it is a woman. Mercurium respects this but does not feel tied to gender themselves.
Employment
In terms of their work, Mercurium prefers being calculating, making her victims deaths look like natural deaths or feasible accidents. She follows them for at least a week to decide what will work best and plans every aspect of the death and details supporting it.
Tensions are high between her and her fellow Blade, Fyr, who she finds brash, annoying and arrogant.
Personality Characteristics
Motivation
She knows that her purpose here is to sustain the body's anguish to remain here and achieve a form of vengeance that satisfies the body.
Likes & Dislikes
She savours the sound of the last breath her victims take. It reminds her of life and its fragility which she finds beautiful.
Social
Hobbies & Pets
Mercurium enjoys flowers and floral arrangements. She is unsure if this is a hangover from the body. She often weaves flowers into her hair before work and decorates her home with them.
Speech
There is little variation of tone in her voice unless she is really trying.
Relationships
Alignment
True Neutral
Current Location
Species
Conditions
Currently Held Titles
Age
Appears early 40s
Date of Birth
21st Time of Arcana 3230-e5
Birthplace
Scorchfront as far as unification with the body goes
Spouses
Siblings
Children
Pronouns
She/They
Sex
Female
Eyes
Brown eyes that don't seem to reflect light quite right.
Hair
Brunette, long, straight, wears it down unless she is working, in which case its in an elaborate updo.
Skin Tone/Pigmentation
Deathly pale
Height
5'7"
Aligned Organization
- Common
- Abyssal
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